Practice amp to replace failure amp

I'm new in this forum, so bear with my unfamiliarity with the forum if it becomes a nuisance.

I'm currently practicing on a soundking ak15g but the tone is horrid and all I can do with it is push it into overdrive and equalize because the built-in "overdrive" is pretty bad.I'm looking for a better sounding practice amp to which I could plug pedals to, since I want to start practicing using pedals.Since I was a ****ing slacker I'm on a basic-intermedium level with some knowledge on advanced techniques so I'm not certain if a tube amplifier would be too much.

I have a bucket of 200 to 300 $ for it but I don't have a lot of options because, Peru.

So I'm between the Vox ac15vr, the Vox pathfinder 15r and the Fender Frontman 25r, what is the best among these for a practimce amp?

Finally, how close a solid state amplifier can sound to a tube amplifier by using a tube pre-amplifier?

dont waste money in pedals , buy a decent AMP , go for a peavey vypyr 30 watts, its very versatile amp and fun to play with . There are a lot of features and different settings and presets you can save on the amp.

Will you be willing to throw a $150 delay, $100 chorus & $150 wah on a $200 amp? Going with individual pedals will give you better quality and flexibility, but aren't the cheapest. You could get the Vypyr 30 + sanpera footswitch, have a decent tone & decent effects and only pay a little over $300.

I only missed what genres, home or gig and new or used.I may use it for practicing along with a drummer.I can get a good price around here so it doesn't matters if it's new or used, just if it's a good amp; and as for what genres, is kind of a mishmash of things I listen to: Dick Dale, Korn, 6gig, the Boo Radleys, Faith no More, Squeeze, that sort of things.

I saw some reviews on this site on the fender frontman 25r that said it was a fairly good practice amplifier.If I were to put a tube preamp pedal like the EHX Tube EQ or EHX LPB 2ube on it, how close the sound could get to that of a tube amp?

Don't waste your time with a tube preamp. There are tube distortion pedals that sound good. But there are also SS distortion pedals that sound good. Buy a pedal because of the sound. The use of a tube is not the discriminator.

Don't waste your time with a tube preamp. There are tube distortion pedals that sound good. But there are also SS distortion pedals that sound good. Buy a pedal because of the sound. The use of a tube is not the discriminator.

Thanks, as I suspected tubes are used as a gimmick on a lot of equipment.I'm thinking of the Fender Frontman since in god damned Peru no one sells the lower lines of Vox, but there's a fairly good amount of brands of pedals so if the clean tone is good enough that may do it for me.

I tell ya... if I was in a country where guitar gear was expensive, I would consider a regular audio power amp and a guitar cab. Even just audio speakers if you get a multifx. That's assuming standard audio gear is cheap. Then save your money and maybe one day you'll find a great deal on a tube amp used or new.

I know that advice will freak a lot of people out, but I have a stereo power amp that I use with a miced amp (and other stuff). But also can run a multifx straight into. In the past I hooked it up to a 2x12 cab and it sounded pretty good. Of course that's only good for the studio. If you need to take it with, then a guitar amp is necessary.